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Ponemon Institute Report 2023

In a new study conducted with Bishop Fox, the Ponemon Institute surveyed nearly 700 security and IT practitioners who actively employ offensive security practices. The analysis explores where enterprises are focusing offensive security efforts and the drivers behind them.


Larry Ponemon

About the author, Larry Ponemon

Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute

Dr. Larry Ponemon is the Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute, a research “think tank” dedicated to advancing privacy, data protection and information security practices. Dr. Ponemon is considered a pioneer in privacy auditing and the Responsible Information Management (RIM) framework. Security Magazine named him one of the “Most Influential People for Security.”

Ponemon Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public sectors and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a various industries. In addition to institute activities, Dr. Ponemon is an adjunct professor for ethics and privacy at Carnegie Mellon University’s CIO Institute. He is a fellow of the Center for Government Innovation at the Unisys Corporation.

Dr. Ponemon earned his Ph.D. at Union College in Schenectady, New York. He has a Master’s degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and he attended the doctoral program in system sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ponemon earned his Bachelor’s with Highest Distinction from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Information Privacy Professional.